“In my orchestra, I hate slackness, idle talk and lost time. I always hated this and still hate it. But I can achieve much more when I am quiet and not shouting.”

—  Georg Solti

Conductors by John L. Holmes (1988) pp 256-261 ISBN 0-575-04088-2

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Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor 1912–1997

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